English Standard Version
Proverbs 21:15
15When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
Proverbs 21:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
- New International Version (NIV)When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is a joy for the just to do justice, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.
Context of Proverbs 21:15
13Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered. 14A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath. When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. 16One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead. 17Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:15 word by word
שִׂמְחָ֣ה לַ֭צַּדִּיק עֲשׂ֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:15
- Job 29:12because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
- Psalms 112:1Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;
- Isaiah 64:5You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
- Proverbs 21:12The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
- Proverbs 5:20Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
- Proverbs 10:29The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers.
- Matthew 7:23And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
- Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,
- Luke 13:27But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!'
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:15
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15Verse 15 There is true pleasure only in the practice of religion.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15God is fair, so he rewards good people and punishes bad ones. This is why good people love justice, and bad people fear it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. But the just love right and need no bribes. The wicked at last meet destruction, though for a time happy in concealing corruption.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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